Treasurer

Professor Dr Aniza Ismail

Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Professor Dr Aniza Ismail

Position

Treasurer

Qualifications

MD (USM), Master of Community Health (UKM), PhD (UKM & United Nations University)

Areas of Expertise

Public Health MedicineHealth ManagementHealth EconomicsQuality & Patient SafetyHealth Informatics

Profile

Senior Medical Lecturer and Public Health Medicine Specialist (Health Management), Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), since 2006.

Previous Employment

  1. 1.

    Head of Department, Quality Section, Hospital Chancellor Tuanku Muhriz, UKM (2018-2020)

  2. 2.

    Ministry of Health Malaysia (1994-2005)

Membership of Professional Associations

  1. 1.

    Malaysian Health Economics Association (MAHEA)

  2. 2.

    Academy of Medicine Malaysia (AMM)

  3. 3.

    Asia Pacific Academic of Public Health (APACPH)

  4. 4.

    Public Health Medicine Association Malaysia

Current Research

  1. 1.

    Cost-Benefit Analysis of Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccination Among the Elderly in Malaysia

  2. 2.

    COPD Readmission Rate at Teaching Hospital: Risk Factors and Outcome Analysis

  3. 3.

    The Role of Teleprimary Care – Oral Health Clinical Information System (TPC-OHCIS) In Improving Healthcare Quality: A Mixed Method Study

  4. 4.

    Nurses and Patients Self-Evaluation of Patient Safety During Hospitalization

  5. 5.

    Development of Nurse Effective Adaptation Transition (Neat) Model of Newly Employed Nurses in Ministry of Health Hospitals

  6. 6.

    Mechanisms Linking Advertising Factors and Individual Factors with Intention to Initiate Smoking Among Adolescents in Malaysia

  7. 7.

    Prevalence of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease (DPLD) And the Impact of Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Meeting on Diagnosis and Cost Analysis in The Management of DPLD In Patients from Two Tertiary Centers In Klang Valley

  8. 8.

    Risk Perception of Covid-19, Its Associated Factors and Impact on Preventive Behaviours Among the Orang Asli Population: A Mixed-Method Study

  9. 9.

    Development of A Structured Multi-Component, Sustainable and Cost-Effective Family Training Program for Persons with Parkinson's Disease

  10. 10.

    The Impact of Cognitive Frailty with Multiple Morbidity on Health Care Utilisation And Cost Among The Elderly In Both Community And Institutional Settings

  11. 11.

    Economic burden and CEA on Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease (DPLD) management

Grant on Research Projects (Selected)

  1. 1.

    Research University Grant — Principal Investigator, RM 221,000: Impact of clinical pathway on cost and quality in health care at UKMMC (COPD, STEMI, LSCS, TKR diseases)

  2. 2.

    Research University Grant — Principal Investigator, RM 40,000

  3. 3.

    DCP 2018 — Co-Researcher, RM 87,000: The impact of Cognitive frailty with multiple morbidity on health care utilization and cost among the elderly in both community and institutional settings

  4. 4.

    DCP 2018 — Co-Researcher, RM 180,000: Assessing Drone Transportation of Blood and Blood Products in Massive Obstetric Haemorrhage

  5. 5.

    GUP 2021 — Co-Researcher, RM 70,000: Development of a Structured Multi-component, Sustainable and Cost-effective Family Training Program for Persons with Parkinson's Disease

  6. 6.

    Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) 2022 — Principal Investigator, RM 126,000: The Impact of Post-Covid Syndrome on Healthcare Utilization and Economic Burden Among COVID-19 Survivors In the Urban and Rural Setting in Malaysia

  7. 7.

    Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) 2022 — Co-Investigator, RM 126,000: Risk Perception On Covid-19, Sociocultural Factors And Preventive Behaviors Among Remote Rural Orang Asli Population In Pahang

  8. 8.

    Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) 2022 — Co-Investigator, RM 126,000: Developing a new intelligent healthcare system assisted by the diagnosis-related group (DRG) coding and clinical pathway in Malaysia

Selected Publications

  1. 1.

    Sha'ari, N.I., Ismail, A., Abdul Aziz, A.F., Sk Abd Razak, R., Mad Tahir, N.S. Cardiovascular diseases as risk factors of post-COVID syndrome: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 2024, 24(1), 1846

  2. 2.

    Sk Abd Razak, R., Ismail, A., Abdul Aziz, A.F., Azzeri, A., Sha'ari, N.I. Post-COVID syndrome prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health, 2024, 24(1), 1785

  3. 3.

    Wan Puteh, S.E., Razali, H., Ismail, A., Zulkifli, M. Health status based on EQ-5D-5L for the cancer patient population in Malaysia. Scientific Reports, 2024, 14(1), 8152

  4. 4.

    Mahdy, Z.A., Rahman, R.A., Zailani, M.A.H., Jamal, S.M., Saiboon, I.M. Healthcare Delivery in the Era of IR4.0: The Rise of the Drone. IFMBE Proceedings, 2024, 107, pp. 3–7

  5. 5.

    Chao, G.G.C., Anwar, K.N., Ahmad, M.H., Ismail, A., Mahmud, A. Public Health Leadership During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systemic Review. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2023, 19, pp. 196–204

  6. 6.

    Aljunid, S.M., Mad Tahir, N.S., Ismail, A., Zafirah, S.A., Aizuddin, A.N. Cost effectiveness of quadrivalent influenza vaccines in the elderly population of Malaysia. Scientific Reports, 2023, 13(1), 18771

  7. 7.

    Baharum, H., Ismail, A., McKenna, L., Ibrahim, R., Hassan, N.H. Success factors in adaptation of newly graduated nurses: a scoping review. BMC Nursing, 2023, 22(1), 125

  8. 8.

    Tahir, N.S.M., Ismail, A., Aljunid, S.M., Azzeri, A., Alkhodary, A.A. Estimating the economic burden of influenza on the older population in Malaysia. PLoS ONE, 2023, 18(11), e0294260

  9. 9.

    Hamis, A.A., Md Bukhori, A.B., Heng, P.P., Othman, R., Ismail, A. Strategies, challenges and opportunities in the implementation of COVID-19 field hospitals: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 2023, 13(3), e067227

  10. 10.

    Baharum, H., Ismail, A., Awang, Z., Mohamed, Z., Hassan, N.H. Validating an Instrument for Measuring Newly Graduated Nurses' Adaptation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20(4), 2860

  11. 11.

    Shazwani Mohmad, Aniza Ismail, Hayati Ks, Noraryana Hassan, Arfah Mahani Imran, Nur Faezah Hamzah, Wan Azrin Izani Wan Mohd Zain. Comparison And Determination Of Factors Associated With Smoking Status, Smoking Knowledge, Attitude And Practice (S-KAP) Between Smoke-Free And Non-Smoke-Free Campuses In Public Universities. BMJ Open, 2022, 1-11

  12. 12.

    Ahmed Abdelmajed Alkhodary, Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Aniza Ismail, Amrizal Muhammad Nur And Suzana Shahar. Health Care Utilization And Out-Of-Pocket Payments Among Elderly With Cognitive Frailty In Malaysia. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 2022, 1-18

  13. 13.

    Aljunid, S.M., Al Bashir, L., Ismail, A.B. et al. Economic impact of switching from partially combined vaccine "Pentaxim® and hepatitis B" to fully combined vaccine "Hexaxim®" in the Malaysian National Immunization Program. BMC Health Serv Res 22, 34 (2022)

  14. 14.

    Ismail, A.; Sk Abd Razak, R.; Suddin, L.S.; Mahmud, A.; Kamaralzaman, S.; Yusri, G. The Economic Burden and Determinant Factors of Parents/Caregivers of Children with Cerebral Palsy in Malaysia: A Mixed Methods Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 475

  15. 15.

    Yusoff, J., Ismail, A., Abd Manaf, M.R. et al. Quality of life of women with breast cancer in a tertiary referral university hospital. Health Qual Life Outcomes 20, 15 (2022)

  16. 16.

    Al-Sanaani EA, Ismail A, Abdul Manaf MR, Suddin LS, Mustafa N, et al. Health insurance status and its determinants among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia. PLOS ONE, 2022, 17(5): e0267897

  17. 17.

    Zailani, M.A.H.; Raja Sabudin, R.Z.A.; Abdul Rahman, R.; Mohd Saiboon, I.; Ismail, A.; Mahdy, Z.A. Drone technology in maternal healthcare in Malaysia: A narrative review. Malaysian Journal of Pathology

  18. 18.

    Zailani, M.A., Azma, R.Z., Aniza, I. et al. Drone versus ambulance for blood products transportation: an economic evaluation study. BMC Health Serv Res 21, 1308 (2021)

  19. 19.

    Timothy Lw Wong, Salina Husain, Aniza Ismail, Farah Dayana Zahedi, Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Amrizal Muhammad Nur. Evaluation Of Previous Management Against A Developed Clinical Pathway For Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyposis In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center. Medicine, 2021, 1-9

  20. 20.

    Ponvel, Pavapriya et al. Multidomain Intervention for Reversal of Cognitive Frailty, Towards a Personalized Approach (AGELESS Trial): Study Design. 2021: 673–687

  21. 21.

    Yusoff, J., & Ismail, A. Out Of Pockets Spending Among Breast Cancer Women Receiving Out-Patient Treatment In A Tertiary Teaching Hospital In Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2021, 21(3), 240-249

  22. 22.

    Mohd Safien A, Ibrahim N, Subramaniam P, et al. Randomized Controlled Trials of a Psychosocial Intervention for Improving the Cognitive Function among Older Adults: A Scoping Review. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, January 2021

  23. 23.

    Aung, Y.N.; Nur, A.M.; Ismail, A.; Aljunid, S.M. Determining the Cost and Length of Stay at Intensive Care Units and the Factors Influencing Them in a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia. Value in Health Regional Issues, 21, May 2020, pp. 149-156

  24. 24.

    Zailani, Mohamed Afiq Hidayat; Sabudin, Raja Zahratul Azma Raja; Rahman, Rahana Abdul; Saiboon, Ismail Mohd; Ismail, Aniza; Mahdy, Zaleha Abdullah. Drone for medical products transportation in maternal healthcare. Medicine, September 04, 2020, 99(36), e21967

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